Selling season’s passes to its ski and winter resorts gave U.S.-based Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc. a much-needed boost in the second quarter, as it tried to weather the warmest December on record.

Denver, Colo.-based Intrawest, which operates popular United states properties including Mont Tremblant in Quebec and Blue Mountain in Ontario, said season pass sales increased six percent when compared to prior year. It generated US$111.29 in revenue for every skier who visited a resort, or 13 percent more. The only problem for Intrawest is the number of skier visits nosedived during the period by 27 percent to 627,810.

Total sales attributed to the company’s mountain segment fell to US$79.4 million during the three months ended Dec. 31, from US$94.7 million in the last year. It generated less across every category including ski lifts, lodging, ski school, food retail and rental. Overall, it posted an internet lack of 60 cents US per share, which, all things considered, seemed to have pleased executives during Wednesday’s earnings call with analysts.

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“Despite the extremely challenging eastern weather, our second-quarter results were a lot more resilient than many expected,” said Tom Marano, chief executive at Intrawest. He attributed the results to some robust season pass and frequency program, investments in snowmaking capabilities and a geographically diverse roster of properties. Canadian Mountain Holidays, its heli-skiing resort in Banff, Alta., and it is properties situated in Colorado have experienced a particularly strong start to this year’s winter months.Thinly traded shares of Intrawest were up modestly in New York to US$8.38. But during the past year, its stock price has declined 18.2 per cent.

Since June, investors have sent shares of Intrawest and Canada’s Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc., which operates North America’s largest all-season mountain resort in Whistler, B.C., on diverging paths. During this period span, Intrawest’s stock has lost 34 per cent while Whistler Blackcomb’s has gained 18.5 percent.

In 2015, Whistler Blackcomb reported another record year of monetary results, even while total skier visits fell nine per cent in the 3 months ended Sept. 30 because of challenging slow conditions at lower elevations of the mountains. In December, it said the winter ski season was off and away to a powerful start. Its resorts offer people use of over 7,000 acres of terrain, which it says is much more than every other ski property in North America.

Whistler Blackcomb is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings before equity markets open on Feb. 10.